Don’t ask a professional for free advice
It happened again today. A frantic job seeker asked me to ‘take a quick minute’ to review his resume and tell him what’s wrong.
The concept that a job search coach can ‘take a quick minute’ to do anything denigrates the service. When someone offers to review your resume for free, it is primarily a come-on to sell their services. And anyone who can review a resume out of context is not going to give you the advice you need to perfect your resume to get the results you want.
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The reason we charge for our services isn’t because of the time it takes. You pay for our expertise. In my case, the expertise was achieved over decades of working directly with hiring authorities and helping executives land jobs. Review of a resume, when done right, entails understanding the job description, the goal of the inquisitor, the quality of the information and so much more.
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When folks ask for such important advice, I always refer them to my books and blogs which offer in-depth discussions of the topics they want me to cover…in a quick minute. Strangely, though these folks value my free advice, they rarely purchase the book. Now, that’s a disconnect.
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If you would like support creating your own compelling and expeditious job search, contact me. We can focus on your specific challenges and define a custom program. My clients get hired; not brag–fact.
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Perhaps you feel a proven book with field tested techniques is your first step toward an effective job search. You can download Job Search Debugged for advice that works.
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Perhaps you feel a proven book with field tested techniques is your first step toward an effective job search. You can download Job Search Debugged for advice that works.
Rita Ashley, Job Search Coach
Seattle Examiner.com
Author: Job Search Debugged
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